This week was a challenge for kids at the Community Recreation Center.

And on Thursday that challenge involved a rousing round of dodgeball in the Rec Center's gymnasium.

It's all part of this week's adventure camp for kids attending summer camps at the rec center. Program coordinator Jerry Jordan said the kids have been given a series of challenges like on the TV show "The Amazing Race" and have had to answer each challenge to gain more clues.

"We've been all downtown. We went bowling and then we went to Pizzazz," Jordan said. "They spend a lot of their day walking."

With Thursday's inclement weather, Jordan was forced to improvise and thus, the dodgeball game was born — and the kids still got to burn plenty of energy.

"It's been a pretty long week," he said.

All summer, the Rec Center has offered various programs for kids in the community through different themed weeks.

They've done a nature camp, science camp and more. Because Great Falls Public Schools is starting a week later than normal — Sept. 4 — Jordan said the Rec Center staff had to get creative when thinking about an additional week of programming.

"We were bouncing ideas around," said Jordan, who decided to incorporate one of his favorite TV shows into this week's theme.

Today the challenge will continue as each of the kids is being asked to participate in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge to raise money for Lou Gehrig's disease. It's a fitting way to top of the week, Jordan said.